Old Man (or Old Woman) Cinema
I can totally relate. I saw so many films this year but still missed all but one of the nominees.
I still contend that Woody Allen is cutting edge despite the blue haired ladies that crowd his screenings when I go same with Albert Brooks and James L Brooks (for that matter) these days.
There are living filmmakers that I admire the hell out of but few modern ones (Joel Hopkins is a new favorite but he seems to make films that appeal to the aged). Henry Jaglom is reinventing himself but that hardly makes him modern. Not only that but the few stars I admire are all very old, pretty soon there will be no one alive I am a fan of.
It’s also easier to work DVD watching in around the early bird special than it is theater going.
not older than Old Man Peabody!
Man, when I saw this thread title I thought YEAH BABY
Finally a thread for us uh, sensible folk.
Den had a thread bad films of 2010 – fortunately, I didn’t recognize any of the films there.
Why do that watch that shit?
I do want to enter that 100K$ contest though.
So all of you aren’t Tu but Usted
That’s weird.
The internet is perverse.
Hey don’t feel bad. I haven’t seen anything new yet either, although for different reasons… And whenever we get a film from the library, it’s almost always WAY past Oscar nomination time. That’s ok. I have the same problem with books and art. I’ll get around to the rest, there’s just so much good OLD stuff I want to get to first… :)
In the same boat, OP. I found myself rewatching films I knew I loved last year and episodes of Breaking Bad instead of new stuff. It was a tough year.
Makes me wonder what qualifies as “old” on MUBI. Do I even want to know?
So much old stuff is new to me, and so much of what is shown on movie theaters is second-rate Hollywood, that the option is generally easy for me. Still, I hate having missed Inception and Deathly Hallows on the big screen. (I unapologetically like spectacle). I want to make sure I get to see True Grit. On the other hand, I am happy I got to see Black Swan on a big screen.
I was going to post a Life Alert commercial… but then I felt it was in bad taste. Yet who can help from laughing!? :(
but now they have Life Alert for young people…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hv7psZFL40&feature=related
Old guys rule – that is why you babes are here.
Well… if you say so, Mr. Peabody.
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Also, I would be a little bit anxious about not knowing the heights of a promising filmmaker as Martel in a few decades.
Nah that’s not true. Enough great films can be seen in a lifetime, no?
As an exclusive service, I’m bring the contest to this thread.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian BaleThe Fighter
John HawkesWinter’s Bone
Jeremy RennerThe Town
Mark RuffaloThe Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey RushThe King’s Speech
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy AdamsThe Fighter
Helena Bonham CarterThe King’s Speech
Melissa LeoThe Fighter
Hailee SteinfeldTrue Grit
Jacki WeaverAnimal Kingdom
Adapted screenplay
Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy127 Hours
Aaron SorkinThe Social Network
Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee UnkrichToy Story 3
Joel Coen & Ethan CoenTrue Grit
Debra Granik & Anne RoselliniWinter’s Bone
Original screenplay
Mike LeighAnother Year
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith DorringtonThe Fighter
Christopher NolanInception
Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart BlumbergThe Kids Are All Right
David SeidlerThe King’s Speech
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Country Strong
Tangled
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
Best animated feature film
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
Achievement in costume design
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
Achievement in makeup
Barney’s Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman
Achievement in sound editing
Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
Achievement in sound mixing
Inception
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
Achievement in visual effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Best documentary feature
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
Best documentary short subject
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
Achievement in film editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Best foreign language film
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)
Best animated short film
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage
Best Live Action Short Film
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na We We
Wish 143
Achievement in directing
Darren AronofskyBlack Swan
David O. RussellThe Fighter
Tom HooperThe King’s Speech
David FincherThe Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan CoenTrue Grit
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Annette BeningThe Kids Are All Right
Nicole KidmanRabbit Hole
Jennifer LawrenceWinter’s Bone
Natalie PortmanBlack Swan
Michelle WilliamsBlue Valentine
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier BardemBiutiful
Jeff BridgesTrue Grit
Jesse EisenbergThe Social Network
Colin FirthThe King’s Speech
James Franco127 Hours
Best motion picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Achievement in makeup is a toss up, eh?
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i’ll second the vague query up the page. i see the weary wise talk crop up every so often, and i give in, i’m curious…what are the age restrictions to this ‘old’ party at mubi? i reckon i’m still somewhere between the spring and the chicken, but then again i also know that i’m never going to make the Tourneur paradise before i go…so…40+? mid-thirties? what?
robert I already filled mine out, make up, I think I went for the Way Back
regarding the topic, I always felt old and out of the loop, when other kids were watching Transformers I was watching Matlock and Moonlighting.
Good question, Twodeadmagpies — maybe it’s the following saying with a key substitution, from what I’ve read on the thread — “you’re only as old as you feel.” :)
-what are the age restrictions to this ‘old’ party at mubi?-
Somewhere around here there was a thread where people reveled their ages. Lots of twenty-somethings and teens, if I recall, so 35+ prolly puts you firmly in the “senior” category within the Mubi demographic.
a thread where people revealed their ages.
I think I said I was 14 and would be attending high school next year.
People were also bragging about their educational credentials.
Obviously I gave it all away, when I said I was 14.
@ Den make up, I think I went for the Way Back
Barney’s Version, The Way Back, The Wolfman – you haven’t seen any of those and you didn’t go for The Wolfman?
>>35+ prolly puts you firmly in the “senior” category within the Mubi demographic.<<
Oy, my aching back!
I’m definitely a senior then, and proud of it! :)
I’m also in the 35+ range (as evidenced by my avpic) – I’m probably headed in the " eccentric old lady one day" direction …at least that’s what my kids tell me
Old age is no place for sissies – Bette Davis
Now – I want to watch something tough and in your face, is Stalker such a beast???
I didn’t mean to give off the “weary wise” vibe. It’s just that I suddenly find myself behind the curve as to contemporary cinema and I don’t imagine I’ll ever catch up again.
I’ve got you beat, Mr. Johnson… before reading Mr. Peabody’s post I didn’t even know what was nominated, let alone if I saw any of it. I’ve only seen two, Black Swan, and True Grit, neither of which was more than mediocre, and only have genuine interest in seeing one film nominated, Another Year.
I think I agree with everything you said, but for a completely different reason… I’m young! I can always catch up on a good oscar film, the rare time it happens, in a few years while I’m spending time right now with my extremely rare 3.5 hour Filipino film about a sewer (people should see Imburnal, by the way)…
I hear you Jerry, wanting to catch up…everyone I work with and mix with generally are off to the Oscar noms and stuff at the cinema and I am home with Bresson Dreyer Melville Antonioni Kurasawa Lang Tarkovsky Tarr et al – a kind of lonely pursuit – I have zero interest in anything much on at the cinema and finding it hard to drag myself along but then I miss out on the movie chats with people, and also feel I have no real chance of catching up with the past :(
@ Megg I want to watch something tough and in your face, is Stalker such a beast???
tough and in your face: Derailed is a 2005 American thriller directed by Mikael Håfström.thanks Robert! downloading it now
tough and in your face: Derailed is a 2005 American thriller directed by Mikael Håfström.
Haven’t seen this but I really enjoyed his Evil.
Thriller isn’t my genre, but every time I thought I knew what was going on…..
I was bugeyed when it was over.
Jerry Johnson
I checked out the Oscar thread and realized I haven’t seen any of the nominated films. I think this is the first time I’ve found myself in this spot.
I’m older than most on here (but definitely not older than Old Man Peabody!) and feeling my mortality and desperately trying to catch up with everything from the past. It’s a quandary: There are a few modern filmmakers I love (Alonso, Jia, Martel, Linklater) but most do nothing for me.
My Netlix queue is loaded up with more than 500 older films and I’m always ordering dvds of older films from overseas, so I always have a dvd waiting for me at home, and when it comes down between choosing between a new theatrical release or the older film in my mailbox, I always choose the latter.
I’ll regret dying without seeing every Tourneur film.